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A story in the March 8, 2011, Tu Salud online magazine discusses the basics about diabetes, one of the leading causes of death and disability in the United States.
Almost 26 million people nationwide are diabetic, and the rates climb for Latinos—the risk of diagnosed diabetes is 66 percent higher ...

Scripps Health has acquired North County OB-GYN Medical Group in a deal to be completed by June 1. The acquisition will create the eleventh Scripps Clinic location in San Diego County.
North County OB-GYN’s obstetrics and gynecology physicians will join Scripps Clinic Medical Group, which includes ...

Modifying a patient’s dosage of the antiplatelet drug clopidogrel (Plavix®) for six months depending on the patient’s level of platelet reactivity did not result in combined lower rates of nonfatal heart attack, stent thrombosis (clot) and cardiovascular death in patients who had a procedure such as ...

A story in the Mar. 6, 2011 San Diego Union-Tribune discusses the safety of MRI for patients with pacemakers. Scripps Clinic cardiologist Dr. Robert Russo believes that carefully-controlled MRIs can be done on patients with pacemakers and he’s launched a clinical study to test his theory.
If he’s ...

In this week’s installment of The San Diego Union-Tribune’s “Savvy Patient” column, Scripps Health provides insight on dealing with shoulder pain.
In the United States, nearly 1.5 million people a year visit an emergency department for shoulder problems, according to the Centers for Disease Control ...

In this week’s installment of The San Diego Union-Tribune’s “Savvy Patient” column, Scripps Health provides insight on healthy patient-doctor communication.
Clear communication between the patient and doctor is a critical part of making the delivery of health care as effective as possible. While ...

In this week’s installment of The San Diego Union-Tribune’s “Savvy Patient” column, Scripps Health provides insight on how to avoid spreading illness while in the doctor’s office waiting room.
Trying to avoid waiting rooms altogether during cold and flu season is not always an option, but a ...

Heart disease is the number one killer of women in the U.S., but it’s largely preventable. Mimi Guarneri, MD, medical director of Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine, was featured on KSWB to discuss ways women can reduce their risk of developing heart disease including weight management, ...

San Diego – Scripps Health is one of the first health systems in the United States to offer genetic testing as part of its care for hepatitis C patients planning to undergo drug treatment.
The tests offer hope to the more than 4 million patients diagnosed annually in the U.S. with hepatitis C and ...

Paula Procell takes life by the saddle. Despite living with the rare, connective tissue disease polymyositis, she hasn’t let her illness stop her from riding her Arabian horse Bella.
Polymyositis, an inflammation and weakness of the skeletal muscles, varies from patient to patient, and no one ...